The Child that Books Built - 'A memoir about how and why we read as children.' NICK HORNBY

What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood? In The Child That Books Built Francis Spufford revisits all those childhood obsessions: fairy tales; Where the Wild Things Are ; The Lord of the Rings ; The Chronicles of Narnia ; Little House on the Prairie ; The Wind in the Willows ; The Earthsea Trilogy and more. In these treasured tales Francis Spufford discovers both delight and sadness - the thrill as worlds of imagination opened up before him mixed with the memories of a boy who retreated into books when faced with a family tragedy.

Product details

• Authors: Francis Spufford, Francis (author) Spufford
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780571346790
• ISBN: 978-0-571-34679-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: general, English, Biography, Literature & Literary studies, Children’s & teenage book reviews & guides, Children's & Teenage Book Reviews & Guides, Educational: First / native language: Literature studies, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general